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1200–1299

The 13th century

Whose working lives fell in the 13th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 13th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Theobald I of NavarreTheobald I of Navarre1201–1253 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  2. 2Adam de la HalleAdam de la Halle1237–1288 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers4 decades
  3. 3RRutebeuf1245–1285 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers22 decades
  4. 4Jean de MeunJean de Meun1240–1304 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers18 decades
  5. 5Guillaume de LorrisGuillaume de Lorris1200–1238 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers22 decades
  6. 6Jean BodelJean Bodel1167–1210 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers19 decades
  7. 7William II of VillehardouinWilliam II of Villehardouin1211–1278 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  8. 8Peire VidalPeire Vidal1175–1205 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers2 decades
  9. 9Guillaume de SonnacGuillaume de Sonnac1200–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers1 decades
  10. 10RDRobert de Clari1170–1216 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers15 decades
  11. 11AOAlberic of Trois-Fontaines1201–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  12. 12BOBaldwin of Avesnes1219–1295 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers4 decades
  13. 13POPeter of Vaux de Cernay1182–1218 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Gaucelm FaiditGaucelm Faidit1170–1202 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers1 decades
  15. 15Aimeric de PeguilhanAimeric de Peguilhan1200–1228 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  16. 16Adenes Le RoiAdenes Le Roi1240–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers14 decades
  17. 17JRJean Renart1175–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers11 decades
  18. 18Arnaut de MareuilArnaut de Mareuil1170–1200 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  19. 19CMColin Muset1210–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  20. 20JAJacob Anatoli1194–1256 · 🇫🇷 France · Writersnot measured—
  21. 21MIMoses ibn Tibbon1195–1274 · 🇫🇷 France · Writersnot measured—
  22. 22Eudes RigaudEudes Rigaud1200–1275 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  23. 23BHBerechiah ha-Nakdan1200–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers10 decades
  24. 24JHJohn Halgren of Abbeville1180–1233 · 🇫🇷 France · Writersnot measured—
  25. 25Bérard de GotBérard de Got1250–1297 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  26. 26LombardaLombardaborn 1190 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers16 decades
  27. 27PMPhilippe Mouskes1215–1282 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  28. 28Ademar lo NegreAdemar lo Negre1190–1230 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  29. 29Simon de BeaulieuSimon de Beaulieu1210–1297 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers11 decades
  30. 30Guilhem de MontanhagolGuilhem de Montanhagol1200–1268 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  31. 31GDGuillelma de Rosers1235–1265 · 🇫🇷 France · Writers0 decades
  32. 32BSBernart Sicart de Maruèjolsborn 1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Writersnot measured—
  33. 33AJAdemar Jordan1198–1212 · 🇫🇷 France · Writersnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.